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This resolution celebrates the Strom Thurmond High School mock trial team's victory in the South Carolina Bar's 2025 State High School Mock Trial Championship, which marks their eleventh state title. The team competed against eleven other high schools, presenting both prosecution and defense sides of a fictitious criminal case (State of South Carolina v. Dorian Delaney), and was judged on presentation skills rather than legal merits. The resolution highlights the educational value of mock trial, which helps students develop critical thinking, collaboration, legal understanding, and problem-solving skills, and is part of the SC Bar's Law Related Education Division (LRE) program. It specifically recognizes the 15 student team members and their coaches, including teachers Thomas Behr, Steve McKinney, and Denise Jackson, and attorney coaches Blair Massey and Senator Shane Massey. The resolution formally congratulates the team and directs that a copy of the resolution be presented to the team, coaches, and Fran Altringer, expressing appreciation for the pride and recognition they have brought to their school and community.

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